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Spring Creek at Ft. Defiance State Park, Emmet County
Daniel Ruf
Turin Prairie, Monona County
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Nathan Houck
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OCT. 29, 2024
As households around the Midwest prepare for spooky season each fall, you may notice a rise in real-life spiders scurrying around your home and yard. While some may find them creepy, spiders are an important part of the ecosystem, and really quite spectacular! Learn more about spiders and how to identify their webs, then head outdoors in search of them!
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INHF just hit a milestone! Since our founding in 1979, we've helped protect 200,000 acres across Iowa.
OCT. 22, 2024
Big Wall Lake at the heart of a far-reaching legacy.
OCT. 14, 2024
The circle of life seems gruesome, but in nature energy is never lost. It is conserved. Nature does not act with malicious intent, it acts with efficiency. Learn more about how energy moves in nature.
SEP. 27, 2024
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation has selected “super volunteer” Glenn Pollock to receive the 2024 Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award. Endowed in 1989 by Jan Shindel and Ila Jeanne Logan in honor of their parents, Lawrence and Eula Hagie, the award is given annually to a person who has demonstrated extraordinary personal service and commitment to improving the quality of Iowa's natural environment while encouraging others to do the same.
At any given time, INHF is working on 40 different protection, restoration and trail projects. Learn more about what we’re working on:
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Photo: Sylvan Runkel State Preserve by Nathan Houck
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